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Remediation of Areas Contaminated by Caesium: Basic Mechanisms Behind Remedial Options and Experience in Application
There are many areas around the world contaminated with radiocaesium to different extents due to global fallout from nuclear weapons testing,...
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Entsorgung von radioaktiven Abfällen mit hoher Radioaktivität
In diesem Kapitel wird neben der Beschreibung der radioaktiven Inventare auf die vorhandenen Endlagerlösungen für hochradioaktive Abfälle...
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Remediation and Management of Polluted Sites
Soils perform several important ecosystem functions and therefore polluted land requires remediation and appropriate management for restoration of...
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Impacts of Soil Pollution and Their Assessment
Impact assessment of pollution is important step towards initiating appropriate remedial measures. However impact of soil pollution may not...
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Phytoremediation: A Multidimensional and Ecologically Viable Practice for the Cleanup of Environmental Contaminants
The humungous load of pollutants added to the environment every day by the human activities is one of the major menaces facing by the world. Toxic...
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Synergistic effect of aluminum and ionizing radiation upon ultrastructure, oxidative stress and apoptotic alterations in Paneth cells of rat intestine
Environmental and occupational exposure to aluminum along with ionizing radiation results in serious health problems. This study was planned to...
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Radioactive artificial 137Cs and natural 40K activity in 21 edible mushrooms of the genus Boletus species from SW China
This study, for the first time, presents the results of activity concentration determinations for 137 Cs and 40 K in a high number (21 species, 87...
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Radionuclides: Accumulation and Transport in Plants
Application of radioactive elements or radionuclides for anthropogenic use is a widespread phenomenon nowadays. Radionuclides undergo radioactive...
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Quantifying fluvial (dis)connectivity in an agricultural catchment using a geomorphic approach and sediment source tracing
PurposeCatchments subject to land clearance, soil tillage and grazing suffer legacy effects from altered sediment and hydrological regimes and from...
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Simulation of Nuclear Power Plant Core-Meltdown Accidents
This chapter provides scenarios in the case that two of the current 99 nuclear reactors in operation in the U.S. would encounter a core-meltdown...
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The Assessment of Hydrocarbon Contamination in Contrasting Sedimentary Environments
This chapter outlines an established approach for hydrocarbon analysis in sediments, the sources of hydrocarbons in the marine environment, and the...
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Sediment source tracing with stratified sampling and weightings based on spatial gradients in soil erosion
PurposeThe results of sediment source tracing in large river catchments depend on defined sources being adequately represented by the sampling and in...
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Phytoremediation Potential of Industrially Important and Biofuel Plants: Azadirachta indica and Acacia nilotica
A huge gap between demand and supply of energy, soil contamination with heavy metals, radionuclides, pesticides and other harmful chemicals,...
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Quantifying the resuspension of sediment and associated metallic contaminants with fallout radionuclide measurements in a channelized river draining an industrial catchment
PurposeContamination of river sediment reaches problematic levels in industrialised regions. This study investigates the relevance of using...
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Bioaccumulation of the artificial Cs-137 and the natural radionuclides Th-234, Ra-226, and K-40 in the fruit bodies of Basidiomycetes in Greece
The bioaccumulation of artificial Cs-137 and natural radionuclides Th-234, Ra-226, and K-40 by Basidiomycetes of several species is studied and...
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Radioactive caesium evidence for the absence of contamination of Sri Lanka sea water by the Fukushima accident
The large discharge of radionuclides into the Pacific Ocean from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor accident triggered considerable global...
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Development and testing of a prototype tool for integrated assessment of chemical status in marine environments
We report the development and application of a prototype tool for integrated assessment of chemical status in aquatic environments based on...
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Release of PCBs from Silvretta glacier (Switzerland) investigated in lake sediments and meltwater
This study is part of our investigations about the release of persistent organic pollutants from melting Alpine glaciers and the relevance of the...
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The Influence of Edaphic Factors on Spatial and Vertical Distribution of Radionuclides in Soil
This chapter summarises the edaphic factors affecting radionuclide spatial and vertical distribution in different soil types, with special emphasis...